Of course, it is impossible to listen to the boss, no one is here, listen to the hair.

The only result of Schultz's phone call was to chill Bob, who had just arrived, and even McMillan, Payton and others.

Except for Lin Dong knowing, he can't tell other rookie players about this, otherwise SuperSonics has already made a rumor that he is worried that his boss will go bankrupt, and he is afraid that he will shake the military heart of Supersonic at this juncture in the playoffs.

The team owner has done this, and Schulz is also the only one.

Starbucks in this era is not a behemoth with a market value of hundreds of billions in the world and more than 30,000 stores around the world, although it has been listed as early as 92, but by this 02 year, the market value is only about 3 billion US dollars, Schultz's personal worth is 1.9 billion, but in fact, in addition to this supersonic team, other assets are almost all Starbucks shares that cannot be sold, so in fact, he has no money, probably the poorest of the NBA owners, and is often ridiculed for selling coffee.

Now the blind expansion in the Dragon Kingdom has put him in trouble with capital turnover, and everyone sympathizes and understands, but it is a bit unbearable for you to delay the team's normal plan to play in the playoffs in order to sell some tickets.

Go home to win? That means three days off less, and how important is it for the thrill of the life-and-death playoffs? How important is the 4-game winning streak to boost the team's morale? Is that a 4:1 comparison?

So he ignored it directly, and didn't say a word about it internally, just going all out to prepare for the war.

G3。

Back at home, the Trail Blazers played their best game since the playoffs.

The Trailblazers, thoroughly adapted to the supersonic rhythm, resolutely executed Dunleavy's various targeted tactics.

Pippen can't beat Lin Dong, so he tries not to attack, or find opportunities to cut in the air, and then save all his energy to Lin Dong's personal defense.

Randolph and Rasheed Wallace switched positions, with Randolph going to the basket to play center against Chandler and Wallace pulling to the edge of the paint to play the big forward.

Dunleavy also understands that the real soul of the supersonic interior line is not the taller and stronger Chandler, that guy is decent in terms of physical fitness, talent and skills, and can be used, but his overly conformist style also makes him full of loopholes in front of old players, Randolph can still suppress him, and even if he can't be completely suppressed, that guy can't actually do anything.

And the real trouble is that the Japanese red-haired boy, not only has a lot of small movements, but also has a very keen sense of smell for rebounds, and is full of tenacity, and often has some unexpected operations, the first two supersonic games can not lose too much on the inside, almost all because of the Japanese kid 'stolen'.

To deal with this, either you don't care about him, but if you want to take care of him, you must completely crush him, otherwise it will be a waste of troops, so the Wallace, the real core of the pioneers, will be transferred out to defend Sakuragi Hanamichi, which has become the finishing touch of Dunleavy's tactics.

was targeted by Roaring Tianzun, who was a full rank above himself and had more small movements than him, Sakuragi's brave play in the first two games faded a lot, which made SuperSonics lose more miserably in the G3 inner line.

The rebounds were 14 points short and the inside score was a full 28 points, and the Trail Blazers' strategy of focusing on the interior also improved the Trail Blazers' shooting percentage.

Although in the end, it was still under the powerful outside firepower of the supersonic speed, but the score of 112:108, at least not too much on the field.

This also made Trail Blazers fans see a little bit of hope for the home team to get back, but it's a pity......

G4。

The Trail Blazers made a slight adjustment in the strategy of the last game, although they still focused on the interior and used Wallace to suppress Sakuragi Hanamichi as the main tactical starting point, but they somewhat devoted some energy to limit the supersonic outside line, and this distraction led to a comprehensive loss of both inside and outside.

The Trail Blazers have no ability to limit the supersonic outside line, coupled with the 37-year-old Pippen in the first three games in a row, the double blow of body and mind has made him bottom out of the fuel tank and his fighting spirit, and without Pippen's defense, the Trail Blazers' defense line is directly a thousand miles.

At 124:98, the SuperSonics once again ushered in a hearty victory, swept the Trail Blazers 4:0, and took the lead in advancing to the Western Conference semifinals.

Trail Blazers fans were hurt, and Pippen was even more hurt, and the decision to retire was announced directly at the post-game press conference.

After all, he was once the second leader of the Bulls dynasty and a small forward at the historical level of the NBA league, and the sound at the press conference was undoubtedly like a bombshell, igniting the soul of gossip among the reporters on the scene.

No way, as a journalist, my sensitivity to hot topics is too high.

There are too many mysteries in the life of this second master Pi and No. 23, and the old No. 23 grievances are not over, and the new No. 23 is here again.

was regarded as the most overrated player in history because of a No. 23, and now because of this No. 23, he was beaten to retirement.

So one sharp question after another poured into poor Pippen on the spot.

- Also as No. 23, do you think Lin Dong has a chance to surpass your old teammate Jordan?

- You've been a teammate of No. 23 Jordan and an opponent of No. 23 Lin Dong, and the two of them seem to have similar scoring abilities, so in your opinion, whose breakthrough do you think is more difficult to defend?

- You have been caught in the public opinion storm of No. 23 all your life, once known as the most overrated player because of No. 23, and now you are retiring because of No. 23, what do you think of the number 23? If you were to buy a lottery ticket, would you choose the number 23?

- You seem to have been a foil to the 23rd all your life, have you ever been jealous and hateful about this?

No. 23, No. 23, No. 23......

Pippen now wants to vomit when he hears the number.

These reporters dig out all kinds of rude questions, nothing more than to stimulate him, he Pippen is the background board of No. 23, and he can't step over the hurdle of No. 23 in his life.

Second Master Pi was furious.

Don't you just want to hear yourself burst two fierce sentences? Do you need to be so exciting?

"If I were still on the court, maybe I would have better answers to those questions, but now that I'm retired, I don't think I have to answer some boring questions the way I do with basketball."

"And when you look off the court, the whole country knows it...... I'm bigger than 2 23s! Pippen smiled faintly and said quietly: "My life is already perfect, I am very satisfied with it, naturally I can't talk about jealousy, I will have a happy new life after retiring, maybe be a football commentator, maybe be a coach, do a lighter job, my wife has been waiting for me at home for a long time, I will live with her for the rest of my life, no longer have to have any intersection with the 23rd, and there will be no more boring questions in everyone's mouth, thank you!" ”

The reporters were stunned, Pippen is 65 years old, Lin Dong is 84 years old, he said that he is no problem than Lin Dong, but Jordan is 64 years old, how can he say that he is older than Jordan?

But after all, this is a group of reporters with amazing memories, and a little thought of it came to mind the origin of Pippen's words.

That's because of a relationship between Pippen and Madonna, it is said that every time the Bulls went to New York to play, Madonna would drive a luxury car equipped with an electric jacuzzi to pick up Pippen, Jordan was very jealous of this, and once recommended himself to Madonna, saying that he was better than Pippen in everything, but Madonna replied 'He is older than you'......

Back then, this news was a sensation, and where exactly is this 'big', then the benevolent and the wise will see the wise.

It was the only time in Pippen's life that he had won against the number 23, and it was a clean win.

At least on the issue of women, Lao Tzu didn't lose! Never lose either!

Anyway, Pippen's romance has long been well known, and his popularity as a woman was indeed much better than Jordan's, and reporters understood it in seconds when they heard it, but when Pippen was stimulated to say this in public, it was obviously still an explosive news.

It's going to bring another wave of heat......

Pippen's astonishing remarks, coupled with the news of his retirement, stole a lot of supersonic sweep from the Trail Blazers.

When Lin Dong heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, and he was somewhat touched.

His arrival has changed the trajectory of Pippen's life, and he was supposed to play another season before retiring after returning to the Bulls.

However, when it comes to change, LeBron has long since changed because of his arrival.

So it's just a small emotion, being beaten by yourself to retire early?

Pippen was the first, but definitely not the last.

Although the team did not deliberately lose a game according to Schultz's instructions, after all, Schultz is not stupid and will not blame the team for this kind of thing, but he just let his finances come to the team to loot a wave, and the revenue from the tickets for the two semi-finals scheduled for April 26th and 28th was taken away.

Compared with the previous first round, the semi-finals vs. the Lakers are obviously more interesting, and compared with the semifinals and the first round of tickets, the ticket prices are naturally more expensive, the two games actually got 11 million ticket revenue, plus more than 8 million in the previous round, Schulz directly took away 15 million, if it weren't for Bob to block it for various reasons, and now it also costs money to apply to the Seattle Treasury Department for the expansion of the arena plan, I'm afraid he won't even leave the 4 million to the team.

Frankly, even Bob was a little panicked at this point.

It stands to reason that even if Schultz invests in 150 stores in the Dragon Kingdom and loses money, closes and closes down, with his family background and Starbucks' background, he will not have no money to deal with it, and I feel that things are definitely not so simple.

And now he will come to loot a ticket sale, although he is the owner of the team, how to manage the account does not need to explain to the following, but you always have to consider the basic operation of the team next year.

So many people's salaries have to be paid, and all kinds of maintenance of a huge stadium also need money, you have no head at all, and you can't play supersonic next season?

But I really don't know about the situation in the Dragon Kingdom, or after Yang Dong heard about it, he asked a friend in China to help investigate, and only then did he know what kind of trouble Schulz was in.

It turned out that all the stores that Schulz invested in the Dragon Country, he actually didn't spend a penny......

This guy found the heads of several leading industries in Longguo, got a VAM agreement to attract investment, and signed a VAM agreement involving about 1 billion US dollars, which was invested by Longguo, from Starbucks opening 150 stores to Starbucks listing in Xiangjiang for a complete cycle, with a time limit of two years.

For the dragon country of the other world, it was not until 03 that the first VAM agreement created by overseas investment companies such as Mengniu Group and Morgan Stanley was created, and in this 02 years...... There is no precedent for commercial gambling in the Dragon Kingdom.

Schulz thought that he could use this hand to play well with the dragon people, and give full play to the empty glove white wolf, after all, the dragon people have never played this.

But who would have thought that the Dragon Kingdom talent is the best race in the world at playing rules and studying loopholes, his set of gambling agreements seems to be mature, but in the territory of the Dragon Kingdom, how can he be fair or unfair?

Schultz has actually slowly come back to his senses now, whether there is an accident at the construction site, or if various units are stuck in the neck, I am afraid that it is difficult to say that it has nothing to do with the capital, and people have no intention of waiting for you to go to Xiangjiang to go public, just for the $1 billion you bet on!

Schulz is now in a difficult position to ride a tiger.

His current net worth is only $1.9 billion, but there are a full 1.5 billion Starbucks stocks, and if he really has to sell them in large quantities for money, most of them will not even be able to cash out half of them in the end, and then the Starbucks stock market will plummet, and his net worth will shrink significantly, and then he will lose the $1 billion he bets...... The business empire that has worked hard in the first half of his life will become poor in minutes!

Schulz is also helpless, he has already regretted his death now.

He couldn't lose this battle, so he had to keep throwing money into it out of his own pocket, losing money in the district, and holding on until he passed the certification of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and it was not over until the day he was listed in Xiangjiang.

And now it is estimated that if he does not sell his stocks and team, even if he sells all his property, there will be at least a funding gap of 300 to 500 million, so it is no wonder that he is desperately searching for more than 10 million tickets to the team.

(End of chapter)